Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday has promised all the states for full support and said there will be no “big brother attitude” from the centre.
He said government will work with states and address their issues with utmost priority as he believes in “cooperative federalism” to build strong India.
“The strength of our country is federal structure. We need to instrospect whether we have strengthened the federal structure sitting in Delhi. If the country has to move forward, the states should move forward. If the country has to prosper, the state should prosper. If the country has to become strong, the states needs to be strengthened,” he said in the Rajya 
Sabha.
“I know the problems faced by states if there is not a friendly government in the Centre. On petty issues, growth of states are stopped for narrow political gains. We are talking about cooperative federalism. The Centre should not work with a big brother attitude. We should work together,” Modi added in his Motion of Thanks on the President’s address.
The Prime Minister said he would encourage states to compete with each other in development.
“If Mayawati has done good in Uttar Pradesh, we must appreciate and implement in other states. Similarly any developmental model either in Kerala or other states should be replicated,” he said adding, “I have myself been inspired by models adopted in far off in Kerala and Nagaland.”
“Development should be for the entire country and good for everyone. It should not be looked in single view…it is wrong if we leave north east… “Have we guided students to go to North East? How much it can give boost to North East. It will create development. North East will also realise that we have embraced the region,” he added.
